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The SHRM survey says that fewer offices are holding holiday parties but those that do might be getting bigger. Is your company holding a holiday party this year? With what went on in San Bernardino not too long ago, it seems, perhaps, irresponsible. But if we let fear stop us from celebrating, then ISIL gets their way.
So what will you do to celebrate all these many holidays we have in our multicultural companies? Hanukkah already started. Yule comes next, then Christmas, and Kwanzaa. And I think there are 25 other holidays between now and New Year’s.
Do you host an ugly sweater party? Yelp in Berkeley thinks that you should have a paella party (even though the crabs are sick this year). And the And the Bay Area LifeTech (BALT) announced their annual holiday party with amazing libations and a yodeling competition with the bin for collecting cold-weather accessories for the homeless. WIB-San Francisco Bay Area Holiday Party will be tonight. Many groups other than employers have already held their holiday parties.
So is it appropriate? Does it increase employee engagement? Or are people simply too busy with their own personal events to want to come to the company holiday party?
It would be a shame to lose the opportunity to connect with the people you work with, but it would be good to eliminate the drunken brawls and embarrassing moments. What are the lines between a good time and liability? So what do you do?
As you can see I’m entirely on the fence.
